Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1 ,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses ' - Con. 
Seeds, plants, vines, and 
trees purchased 
farms 
772 
554 
361 
238 
143 
179 
$1,000 
3,283 
1,520 
643 
277 
144 
187 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
216 
257 
227 
145 
104 
126 
$1,000 to $4,999 
366 
231 
93 
83 
37 
45 
$5,000 to $24,999 
176 
59 
41 
10 
2 
8 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
3 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms 
654 
632 
374 
224 
199 
371 
$1,000 
5,057 
4,141 
1,567 
707 
613 
1,337 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
358 
353 
274 
185 
163 
271 
$5,000 to $24,999 
258 
264 
93 
37 
33 
95 
$25,000 to $99,999 
38 
15 
7 
2 
3 
5 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms 
543 
433 
231 
110 
118 
198 
$1,000 
3,738 
2,272 
843 
372 
423 
852 
Other livestock and poultry 
purchased or leased (see text) 
farms 
213 
300 
180 
154 
113 
237 
$1,000 
1,318 
1,869 
724 
334 
190 
484 
Feed purchased 
farms 
1,196 
1,135 
728 
515 
432 
1,214 
$1,000 
8,810 
6,943 
3,768 
2,269 
1,160 
5,023 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
653 
728 
494 
363 
354 
838 
$5,000 to $24,999 
451 
349 
209 
141 
78 
363 
$25,000 to $99,999 
91 
58 
25 
11 
- 
13 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms 
1,991 
2,798 
2,380 
2,049 
1,765 
2,217 
$1,000 
8,524 
6,613 
3,232 
2,466 
1,801 
2,831 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,441 
2,443 
2,261 
1,981 
1,718 
2,141 
$5,000 to $24,999 
524 
343 
117 
68 
47 
76 
$25,000 to $49,999 
16 
9 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
10 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Utilities 
farms 
1,560 
1,871 
1,458 
1,138 
949 
1,289 
$1,000 
3,231 
3,028 
2,010 
1,424 
1,096 
1,639 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
438 
823 
666 
534 
487 
473 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,017 
966 
763 
586 
456 
807 
$5,000 to $24,999 
105 
79 
28 
17 
6 
9 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Supplies, repairs, and maintenance costs 
farms 
1,786 
2,346 
1,914 
1,559 
1,341 
1,591 
$1,000 
8,274 
7,286 
3,653 
2,792 
2,027 
2,701 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,138 
1,917 
1,717 
1,407 
1,232 
1,489 
$5,000 to $24,999 
618 
400 
190 
150 
109 
102 
$25,000 to $49,999 
30 
28 
7 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Flired farm labor 
farms 
358 
439 
343 
335 
213 
292 
$1,000 
1,724 
2,100 
1,035 
898 
437 
1,162 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
250 
350 
279 
286 
197 
220 
$5,000 to $24,999 
102 
79 
59 
44 
16 
70 
$25,000 to $99,999 
6 
7 
5 
5 
- 
2 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Contract labor 
farms 
117 
112 
79 
76 
72 
66 
$1,000 
501 
352 
224 
163 
251 
108 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
30 
33 
31 
29 
28 
30 
$1,000 to $4,999 
68 
65 
38 
40 
32 
31 
$5,000 to $24,999 
15 
14 
10 
7 
12 
5 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms 
536 
486 
389 
289 
198 
245 
$1,000 
1,406 
1,335 
572 
439 
274 
611 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
202 
235 
180 
145 
101 
83 
$1,000 to $4,999 
263 
196 
195 
133 
91 
135 
$5,000 to $24,999 
70 
49 
14 
11 
6 
25 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$50,000 or more 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms 
989 
747 
377 
228 
162 
413 
$1,000 
6,146 
2,834 
1,304 
718 
579 
3,057 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
587 
568 
303 
171 
138 
316 
$5,000 to $9,999 
248 
125 
51 
45 
14 
51 
$10,000 to $24,999 
125 
46 
19 
10 
9 
37 
$25,000 or more 
29 
8 
4 
2 
1 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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